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Kansas State University will offer a combustible grain dust prevention workshop, teaching advanced mitigation methods on July 31, 2014 from 1-4pm at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, MO.
Free of charge, the workshop will follow a safety conference co-sponsored by the National Grain...

Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems will host an online webinar on “Roller Compaction & Granulation Technology for Chemical Applications” on Wednesday, July 23 at 2pm (EST).
This free educational program will discuss:
• What is compaction and granulation and...

Imperial Systems has kicked off a doodle video campaign that will provide information on its products, as well as hot topics in the industrial dust collection industry.
Starting in June and running until the end of the year, each month Imperial Systems’ will be releasing a new doodle...

Canadian Business and PROFIT ranks Lorenz Conveying Products #485 on the 26th annual PROFIT 500, the definitive ranking of Canada’s fastest-growing companies.
Published in the July issue of Canadian Business and online at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their...

Eriez will double the manufacturing space for metal detection production at its headquarters, according to Tim Shuttleworth, president and CEO.
“Our sales for the new Xtreme metal detector have exceeded our forecast, and we have decided to double our manufacturing capacity this summer,...

Scientific Dust Collectors offers a free second edition publication on dust collection titled, “A Scientific Review of Dust Collection – Second Edition”. This second edition contains new sections on explosion vents and system design. The publication is a 120-page manual that...

At the 3rd annual ISPE-FDA CGMP Conference, ISPE (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering) announced the official launch of its Metrics Pilot Program. The launch of the pilot, headed by ISPE’s PQLI Quality Metrics Team, is a major milestone in the overall project from ISPE. The...

According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC), following a 0.6 percent gain in April, the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) was 0.4 percent higher in May. Chemical output was higher in all regions except the West Coast.
Manufacturing production rebounded during May, and...

Univar, a world leader in the distribution of chemistry and related products and services, will serve as a sponsor of the National You Be The Chemist Challenge (YBTC) competition – a question-and-answer academic competition for students in the 5th through 8th grades, focused on chemistry and...

Discharging bulk bags containing material that has solidified, hardened, or agglomerated can cause serious operational bottlenecks. Conditioning and emptying bulk bags can be dangerous if the proper equipment is not utilized.
This patented system utilizes hydraulically actuated, heavy wall...